Seven Asset Management have gained the latest series of fleet renewals for Classic Fine Foods; the premier food supplier offering a diverse range of high-quality products to the best restaurants and hotels throughout the United Kingdom, as well as also supplying some of the most prestigious department stores and gourmet… Read more »
Nexus Utilities digs in with a ‘full house’ of Mercedes-Benz van models from Rygor Commercials
Company boss John Gaughan visited the Oxford branch of Mercedes-Benz Dealer Group Rygor Commercials in February to enquire about an X-Class pickup – it marked the start of a process that would lead to the replacement of his company’s five previous vans with eight vehicles bearing the three-pointed star. Nexus… Read more »
Sparkx lights up its fleet with a little help from Mercedes-Benz Vans Retailer Rygor Commercials
Electrical contractor Sparkx is running three new Sprinters and a stylish X-Class pickup after switching from rented vans to its own Mercedes-Benz fleet. Supplying Dealer group Rygor Commercials is now preparing to deliver another five Sprinters to its customer’s headquarters in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. One of the vans already in service… Read more »
Mercedes-Benz Vans introduces drive style monitoring software as standard to Sprinter and Vito Tourer
Mercedes-Benz Vans continues to lead the field of connected vehicle customer solutions by introducing vehicle drive style monitoring as standard, for three years, on all new Sprinter and Vito Tourer models. Latest research* conducted by Mercedes-Benz Vans into connected vehicle trends shows that, increasingly, fleets are using software to monitor… Read more »
Healthcare leader takes its life-extending diagnostic service on the road with eye-catching Mercedes-Benz Sprinters
Clients of Randox Health are benefiting from “full-body MoTs” by providing blood samples in state-of-the-art mobile clinics based on Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. The company’s phlebotomists use their strikingly styled vehicles to visit workplaces, gyms, private homes, and other locations, and provide an ultra-convenient service which can extend lives. Randox Health is… Read more »
Van Excellence wins award for driver mental health campaign
Van Excellence’s initiative with the charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) which aims to increase awareness of and conversations about mental health among van drivers has won the Innovation Award at the Company Van Today Awards at a ceremony (24 July 2019). The award was presented in recognition of the… Read more »
Butcher Aldens sharpens its delivery operation with new Mercedes-Benz Sprinters from Rygor
Aldens Specialist Catering Butchers takes pride from employing traditional methods of butchery that would have been used 200 years ago – but when it comes to its refrigerated vans the family-owned firm is at the cutting-edge. Oxford-based Aldens is running its first four new-generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, and will take delivery… Read more »
FTA comments on Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone developments
Commenting on the bringing forward by two years of plans to include vans in Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Zone, Mags Simpson, FTA’s Head of Policy for Northern England, said: “While the logistics sector is fully committed to reducing vehicle emissions wherever possible and acknowledges the role the industry must play… Read more »
Hoppecke enhances customer service with new on-board innovations
Listening closely to its frontline engineering team has enabled Hoppecke Industrial Batteries to introduce two new innovations that will significantly enhance its mobile engineering support. To cater for the needs of small to large fleets the company has introduced a range of water filling trolleys, now part of the standard… Read more »
Record van registrations as shift towards large vans continues
The SMMT’s recent Van Report underlined the breadth and diversity of our sector and highlighted the structural change in transport and logistics that has been taking place across the UK over the past ten years. The all-time record van registration figures released today send a clear message that this change continues. Numbers… Read more »
